Pressure feeder device for infusion strainers



May 27, 1952 J. H. HERRERA PRESSURE FEEDER DEVICE FOR INFUSION STRAINERS Filed Aug. 31, 1949 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 May 27, 1952 J. H. HERRERA PRESSURE FEEDER DEVICE FOR INFUSION STRAINERS 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Aug. 51, 1949 Patented May 27, 1952 Hugh-Hernandez-Herrera;flabamtteuba,

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hedrawin s. Flwind catetizanar yer ica seamen. .amsteam bpiler-flfqrtthe ;s. e e '91 ic fiee gstraineijshz.indicateslfihe terippntained .t boiler; Bind" @Ififi th them .ha m e LQ "the bailey; .iindiwttsihe ,coj t e -st c ia.ttaq fi .t thethoi tarcandqsup o te u d thetq p pn thereof ,by. m ans Q .n m t ng w m hand ndi ates a valve some the YfllVfisQi whi h 1 29 ,e ates tby means. of ahendle i- -Thi s-. nventiQn.cqmn isssqa cy ind ca m ta l hantoms: .9 o p de er ned q na'q ty, which is inse ted w th ni he.s i t vocc dhy the water 2 iro doj i e hrough azbig P -Q perip eria a -1.1 of o e f andthe-jcpn-tai er v9 is provided with anguter vertical flange l l "super nos d to ,saidp r ph ria Wa andseeur d't to'hy screws 1.2;" The container!) is incommunication with the; steam chamber 3 of -th e bqiler thnqggh a tube 4 and saidn container ii hes-4ntegraliy secured to its quterwertical wall a' solid hexagonal *boiiy'1- 3 havingtherein six horizontai cond itsrto wit: a centralconduit "I 4 openedat its-, outer--face and communicated with a 1 radial conduit l 5- within: the s ta-tignery bod-y 4'3 which opens "attrthe top peripherial -=face thereofhere it ,is- 'connectedwith a-tube-l ii -leading to-the-valve cone :iorming an accessory" of=-thestrainer *5; aJ-lower conduit 1-! situatedat "the same vei tical plane as *the centralcond itfl and -opened also atthe 'outeriace of "the; stationary body l 3 and in communication with wradial conduitl 8 w ithin the stationary body- I 3-,- wh-ieh-'opens' at the -lowe-r peripheriakface --'thereof -andis connected-then: with an elbowed tube l9 leading to the-interior of container t across a-hole inits outervertical wall; ea-top 'iateraiconduit '2-0 1eadinghorizont1ly from-the cuter face to the innenface f-;the-=so1id body #3 aln intermedia-teflaterai horizonteyl conduit-:21- openi-ng atthe opter-faceofthe stationary body 1,3 .and-in communicationwith*ajradifil'com duit 22 thereof which opens at the lower lateral peripherial wall of the latter body and is connected there with an elbowed tube 23 communicating with the water space 2 of the boiler; an intermediate lateral horizontal conduit 24 at the opposed side of the stationary body 13 which opens at the outer face of the stationary body l3 and is in communication with the radial tube 24 opening at the top lateral peripherial face of the opposed side of stationary body l3 and connected there with an exhaust tube 25; and another lower lateral horizontal conduit 26 at the same opposed side of the stationary body l3, which opens at the outer face of the latter and communicates with a radial tube 25' Opening at the lower lateral peripherial face of the stationary body [3 and connected there with a tube 21 extending vertically adjacent the boiler i and through an elbow 28 opens in the steam chamber 3 of boiler I.

The solid hexagonal body 13 forms the stationary member of a three-way valve and to that end it terminates in a cylindrical extension l3 having threads at its periphery to screw within a cylindrical casing 29 having at its outer vertical face an opening 30 for the-passage of the valve stem 3| to the outside of which is secured by a screw 32 a hand-wheel 33 and said stem 3| extends interiorly of cylindrical casing 29 to form three bodies of dissimilar diameter, to wit, an outer body of greater diameter 34 provided with an annular flange 35 joined to body 36 of less diameter, and an end body 31 of reduced diameter which properly forms a pin adapted to be inserted in a diametral slot 38 of a central reduced extension 35 of the cylindrical body 40 constituting the valve movable member or rotor fitting within the cylindrical casing 29, the rotor 40 being spaced apart from the stationary body 13 through a packing disc 41 provided with two holes situated oppositely the ends of horizontal conduits l4 and 11. The cylindrical body 40 rests against the packing disc M by means of the pressure exerted against same by the elastic tension of a coil spring 42 wound about extension 39 and on the body of greater diameter 34 of the valve stem 3| and rests at its inner end against the outer face of the movable member-43 and at its outer end on the flange 35 of body 34. Said cylindrical body 40 has formed at its inner face two grooves, namely a straight groove 45 in radial direction and being of a length equal to the distance between both horizontal conduits i4 and [1 of the stationary member 13, and the groove 43 is curved with its circle-arc curvature concentric with the circular edge of the inner face of said cylindrical body 40, its length being equal to the circle-arc separating both lateral conduits 20 and 2| of the stationary body [3 so that upon registering with the two latter it will establish a communication between the water space of boiler I and the inner space of container 9 respectively.

The boiler i is also provided with a tube 41 opening into the steam chamber 3 thereof, and the same is adapted to feed compressed air into the steam chamber 2 from an air compressor which is not shown as its construction is well known and does not form an essential part of this invention.

In Figs. 6, '1 and 8 are illustrated the three positions of the movable member 40 of the three way valve corresponding to the various connections which are necessary for the proper operation of the coffee strainer and which are set through hand rotation of the wheel 33. Fig. 6 shows the position of the three-way valve in 4 which the connections are made to supply hot water from the boiler into the container 9, said figure also showing the manner in which through rotation of the valve movable member 40 the curved groove 46 of said member communicates the two horizontal conduits 20 and 2| of the valve stationary member I 3 through said groove, at the I same time that the straight groove 45 communicates the central conduit 14 with the lateral conduit 24, whereby hot water 2 contained in the boiler I passes through elbowed tube 23 and radial conduit 22 into horizontal conduit 2 I, from the latter to the curved groove 45, from the latter to the horizontal conduit 20 leading from the outer face to the inner face of stationary member l3 and opens into the container 9 to fill it, at the same time that the strainer 5 is communicated through straight groove 45 with the tube 25 through the central conduit l4 and lateral conduit 24 to allow the egress of gases from strainer 5.

Fig. 1 shows the connections for supplying strainer 5 with steam from boiler l to heat it preparatory to its straining operation, to which end the hand-wheel 33 is operated to rotate the movable member 40 so that the straight groove 45 will communicate the lateral conduit 26 with the central conduit l4, whereupon the steam contained in the chamber 2 of the boiler I will pass through tube 21 into radial conduit 26' and from the latter into the horizontal conduit 26 and then through straight groove 45 into central conduit 14 wherefrom the steam will pass through radial conduit l5 into the tube It leading to the valve cone 1 of strainer 5, and upon opening the valve of cone 1 through operating the handle 8 thereof, the steam will pass into the strainer 5 to heat it.

Fig. 8 illustrates the connections whereby the hot water contained in the container 9 is introduced in a pre-determined volume into the coffee strainer 5. Said figure shows the manner in which the movable member 40' of the three-way valve has been rotated so that the straight groove 45 will communicate the lower horizontal conduit I! with the central horizontal conduit l4, whereupon compressed air and steam contained in said steam chamber 2 will act through tube 4 communicating said chamber with the interior of the container 9 to introduce into strainer 5 all hot water contained in the said container, through elbowed tube l9, radial conduit l8, horizontal conduit 11, straight groove 45, central horizontal conduit i4, radial conduit I5, tube 16, valve cone 1 and strainer 5, upon operating the handle 8 to open the valve of cone 1.

After hot water has been introduced under pressure in the strainer 5 and coffee infusion obtained therein, the container 9 is again fed with hot water from the boiler through operating the hand-wheel 33 of the three-way valve and bringing curved groove 43 of valve movable member 40 into the position indicated in Fig. 6, that is, by inter-communicating the two horizontal conduits 20 and 21 of the stationary member 13 of the valve, whereupon the hot water contained in the boiler will pass through elbowed tube 23 and radial conduit 22 into the horizontal conduit 2|, from the latter to the curved groove 46, and from the latter into the horizontal conduit 20 opening in the container 9. In this manner the threeoperation cycle is repeated for the feeding of hot water from the boiler to the coffee strainer.

As it is seen, through operation of the handwheel 33 which controls the rotation of the movable member 40 of the three-way valve, the three above mentioned operations will be performed quickly and safely, without any loss of time in feeding operations including the operation of a plurality of valves as it has been the case heretofore.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the shape and position of the container within the steam boiler, and even to omit one of the three passageways of the valve, i. e. the passage of steam from the boiler directly into the strainer, without thereby altering the essential character of the invention which is such as claimed hereinafter.

What I claim is:

A pressure feeder device for feeding a predetermined volume of hot water from a steam boiler to a point of use, comprising in combination with the steam boiler; a closed container secured to said boiler and inserted within the water space thereof through an opening in the peripheral wall thereof; means establishing communication between the steam space of said boiler and said container; a multiple-way valve; conduit means establishing communication between said valve and said point of use; said 'valve comprising a hexagonal member formed integrally with the outer wall of said container, said hexagonal member having an outer cylindrical extension and a plurality of conduits all opening at the outer face of said cylindrical extension and communicating respectively with the water space of said boiler, with the steam space of said boiler,

with said container, with said conduit means and with the atmosphere, a cylindrical casing detachably secured to said cylindrical extension, a rotatably cylindrical member fitted within said casing and having its inner face positioned adjacent the outer face of said cylindrical extension, said cylindrical member having in its inner face a straight groove and a curved groove adapted to separately inter-communicate two groups of two of said conduits in said hexagonal member, and manually operated means connected to said cylindrical member and mounted on said casing for rotating said cylindrical member; and means for- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,042,216 Grant Oct. 22, 1912 1,385,593 Strohbach July 26, 1921 1,580,501 Lambert Apr. 13, 1926 1,673,696 Merry June 12, 1928 2,464,862 Herrera Mar. 22, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Count y Date 356,987 Italy Feb. 24, 1938 689,600 France May 27, 1930 

